Barley — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Barley — Yield was 6,249 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 6,249 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.5% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Belgium peaked at 9,146 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 2008.
Belgium ranks 8th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,874 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 7,159 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 7,548 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 6,638 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 7,870 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 7,548 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 7,496 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 7,705 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 6,000 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2009 | 8,391 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2010 | 9,146 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 7,695 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 7,824 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 8,325 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 8,474 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 8,982 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 6,237 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2017 | 8,416 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2018 | 7,688 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 8,577 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 7,491 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 7,845 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 8,032 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 8,059 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,249 kg/ha | -22.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 6,249 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 6,249 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,323 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 8,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,136 kg/ha | 6,237 kg/ha | 9,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,535 kg/ha | 6,249 kg/ha | 8,059 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 5 Ireland 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,953 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 6,466 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,188 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 6,392 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 879.6 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,174 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 665.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,939 kg/ha compare
- 11 Saudi Arabia 5,736 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Belgium?
- Barley — yield in Belgium was 6,249 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 9,146 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Belgium rank for barley — yield?
- Belgium ranks 8th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.